Molecular, Cellular
and
Integrative Neurosciences

Seminar Series
Academic Year 2008-2009

Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be on Wednesdays at 4:00pm

W1 Anatomy/Zoology Building

Seminar schedules for previous academic years here: 03-04, 04-05, 05-06, 06-07, 07-08

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August
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
27	NB793 - Organizational Meeting 1:00-150 pm

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SEPTEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Christian Rosenmund Depts. of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	Vesicular Glutamate Transporters: Roles Beyond Neurotransmitter Filling
10	Dr. Jonathan Doorn College of Pharmacy University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	*Dopamine Catabolism & Reactive Intermediates: Implications for Parkinson's Disease*
17	Dr. Joseph Sisneros Dept. of Psychology University of Washington Seattle, WA	*Adaptive Sensory Plasticity for Social Communication*
24	Dr. Jeffrey Martens Dept. of Pharmacology University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	*Ciliary Trafficking of Olfactory Signaling Proteins: Linking Sensory Function and Disease*

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OCTOBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	Dr. David Krizaj Ophthalmology University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT	*Calcium Regulation in Vertebrate Photoreceptors*
8	Dr. Michael Marletta Dept. of Chemistry, Dept. of Molecular Chemistry University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	*Sensing Gases (NO vs. O2) Selectively in Biology: Chemistry to the Rescue*
15	Dr. Suzanne Craft Dept. Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, WA,	*The Role of Impaired Insulin Signaling in Brain Aging and Dementia*
22	Dr. John T. Williams Senior Scientist, Vollum Institute Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR	*Dopamine Mediated Synaptic Transmission*
29	Dr. Anthony D. Wagner Dept. of Psychology & Neuroscience Stanford University Stanford, CA	*The Cognitive Neuroscience of Remembering*

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NOVEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. John E. Rash Professor, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	*Potassium Siphoning and AQP4-Mediated Water Fluxes are Essential for High-frequency Saltatory Nerve Conduction in the CNS: Proposed Relevance to Neuromyelitis Optica*
12	Dr. Donald G. Welsh Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics Dept. Chair, Smooth Muscle Research Group University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada	*The Mechanistic Basis and Functional Significance of Differential Communication Among Vascular Cells*
19	NO SEMINAR- Neuroscience Meeting Nov. 15 - 19 Washington DC
24 - 28	NO SEMINAR- Fall Recess

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DECEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Christopher D. Link Associate Research Professor Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO	*The Beta-Amyloid Peptide and Alzheimer's Disease: How and Why?*
8	Dr. Kristen M. Harris Section of Neurobiology, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, TX	*Structural Plasticity of Hippocampal Synapses, A Cellular Mechanism of Learning*
15-19	NO SEMINAR Finals
22-31	NO SEMINAR Winter Break

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JANUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1-19	NO SEMINAR Winter Break
21	NB793 Organizational Meeting W1 A/Z -1pm-2pm
28	Dr. Bruce Appel Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO	*Genetic and Imaginging Analysis of Vertebrate Glial Cell Development*
24-30	42nd Winter Conference on Brain Research Copper Mountain, CO

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

FEBRUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
4	Dr. Michael Aschner Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN	*Mechanisms of Manganese Transport and Neurodevelopmental Injury: From C. elegans to Humans*
11	Dr. José del Millan Professor, Center for Neuroprosthetics, School of Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Lusanne, Switzerland	*Cognitive Signals for Brain-Computer Interaction*
16 Monday, 10AM, MBR Rm.123	Dr. Frank Bradke Head of Axon Growth and Regeneration, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich, Germany	*Intracellular Mechanisms of Axonal Growth and Regeneration*
25	Dr. Linda Overstreet Wadiche Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL	*Young Neurons in Old Brains*

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MARCH
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
4	NO SEMINAR Feb. 28 - Mar. 4, 2009 - Biophysical Society 53rd Annual Meeting, Boston, MA
11	Dr. Mark D. Zabel Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology Dept., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO	*Prion Disease Therapeutics: In vitro Knockdown of Prion Protein Using Lipopeptide-Delivered siRNA*
18	NO SEMINAR Spring Recess, March 16-20
25	Dr Jane Sullivan Associate Professor, Dept of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA	*Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease*

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APRIL
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	NO SEMINAR
8	Dr. Shoukhrat Mitalipov Associate Scientist, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Stem Cell Center, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Beaverton, OR (In conjunction w/Frontiers in Biomedical Science Seminar Series)	Promise for the Future: New Developments in Stem Cell Research
15	CANCELLED
22	Dr. Kurt G. Beam Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UCD Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO	Diagnosing the Mechanism of Excitation-Contraction Coupling: Molecular Dissection Appears to Kill the Patient
29	Dr. Dr. James I. Nagy Professor, Dept. of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg MB, Canada	Electrical Synapses Formed by Interneuronal Gap Junctions in Mammalian Brain; Anatomy, Molecular Composition and Regulation

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MAY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
6	15 Minute Rotation Presentation by each current MCIN student	TBA
11-15	NO SEMINARS - FINALS

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